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Originally Posted by Hitch
See, this is DEFINITELY, from my POV, an age thing. My attitude is, if it's a crisis, there's a thing called a PHONE, to call me on. An office phone, or something. Everything else is just distracting NOISE. Alerts and messages at work? Sure, if you're a trader on the floor...you need alerts on big moves, stock changes, etc. You're a paramedic, you need alerts. An on-call physician.
However, for the average Joe (or Bob, or Fred or Fydor), "pick up a gallon of milk," or "User JohnQPublic just posted THIS on Quora!" is not a crisis. You don't need an alert that your buddy ate BLTs' at lunch, via FB. That's just not-work. It's time away from your gig, unless it's absolutely work-related. And if it is, why isn't it on your computer, where your company put it?
I mean, if a cellphone isn't allowed, what are the alerts, here, that we're talking about, FOR?
Just askin'.
Hitch
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Well obviously those alerts and messages would be non work related distractions. And usually the reason why use of cell phones is not allowed so workers don't play on their phone instead of working. It sounds like everybody you met is an angel at work and would not think about bending the employers rules.